Neck brush



May 28, 1929.

R. M. KEELE NECK BRUSH Filed March 22, 1927 INVENTOR R M KEELEI Patented May 28,1929.

UNITED. STATES PATENTHOFFICE- RALPH m. KEELE, or sAN FRANCISCO, CAL ronNrA,'AssisNoR or ONE-HALF 'ro LEE 0. EELE, or sAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

NECK BRUSH."

Application filed March 22,1927. Seria1.No.-1 7 7,259.

This invention'resides in the provision of novel, eflicacious and sanitary brush which is particularly adapted for brushing the necks of customers following the cutting or trimming of the hair. It is the present practice to use the same neck brush on each customer and this practice is obviously unsanitary and objectionable. These brushes become soiled readily 10 and must be frequently cleaned. Furthermore, their individual use is prohibitive inasmuch as they are usually made of long,

soft hair bristles and" are comparatively costly.

paper or other similar inexpensive fiber and is of simple and inexpensive construction consisting of a thin sheet of paper or like cheap fiber shaped so that it ma be readily and easily converted into an e ective neck brush and which after one use thereof, may

be thrown away. These brushes may be putup in flat packs, for example like paper napkins, and the same inexpensive usually made of. V

The napkin-like brush of my invention is constructed so that a great quantity may be stacked in a flat pack on an upright holder therefor, from which holder the brushes may be quickly and easily removed.- Each brush has a liftin tab which facilitates the removal thereof rom the stack and from the holder.

An object of the invention is to provide a paper neck brush of the character described which may be prepared for use by the simple expediency of grasping the central portion of the paper sheet and twisting it so that said grasped portion becomes a handle, the-peripheral or edge portion of the sheet becomes the bristles, said peripheral portion being fringed to provide the bristles.

With the abovementioned and other objects in view, the invention consists in the novel construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing, and set forth inthe claims hereto appended, it being understood that various changes in the form, proportion, size' and minor details of construction withinthe scope of the claims may be resorted to without departing from the s irit or sacrificing any of the advantages 0 the invention.

ind as paper napkins are ranged in brush form. Fig. 2 represents a vertical sectional view The brush of my invention is made of- 1paper used may be of the Referring to l the drawing brush of my invention before being ar of said brush.

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the brush as when ready for use.

Fig. 4 is a side elevation of a stack or pack of brushes mounted on a holder thereor.- A I In the present embodiment of the invention the brush of myinvention is made of a cheap, thin, comparatively soft paper sheet 1, cut in circular form but which may be Fig. 1 represents a top plan view of the I otherwise shaped if desired. A plurality of spaced radialcuts' or slits 2 are made in the sheet,.from the periphery thereof, said slits being an inch or more in length and say oneeighth of an inch. apart. These cuts or slits provide a peripheral fringe of paper bristles designated 3. These paper brush sheets may be stacked in a-pack on an upright holder as shown at4. Each sheet may be provided with an eyeleted opening 5 to facilitate placing it on and removing it from the holder. A wide lifting tab-6 is provided at the periphery of the sheet to permit of a quick and easy lifting of the sheets from the pack and off the holder.

To prepare a brush sheet for use it is grasped attheCenter and twisted as shown in Fig. 3, until the grasped central portion becomes a handle as shown at 7 and the re? mainder of the sheet takes the form of a pleated and resilient skirt portion 8 which at its outer end presents the bristles 3 in closely associated circular form. In this form the brush may be effectively used and after one use is thrown away. A resiliency of the paper is provided when twisted asabove described and provides for brisk and vigorous use of the brush.

I may use a small reinforcing sheet 9 at the center and on one side of the main sheet, which reinforcing sheet may be of circular form as shown, or otherwise shaped, and may be held in place by the central eyelet. This reinforcing sheet provides for forming a stiffer and better handle portion and stiffens the brush as a Whole, thereby permitting of the use of thin and very soft paper in the brush sheet while still providing a comparatively stiff brush which may be vigorously applied .without destroying the brush form of the device. It will be noted sheet depending from said handle with the that the reinforcing sheet will provide a fringed portion disposed ina closely asso short skirt portion as Well as a handle porciated form. tion, Which skirt portion Will reinforce and 2. A brush formed of a single, substan- 15 5 stiflfen the corresponding portion of the tially circular sheet of paper, and a handle main sheet. formed by twisting the center portion of the I claim: 7 sheet, the outer portion of the sheet depend- 1. A brush formed of a single sheet of ing from said handle, With the periphery paper having a fringed periphery and a .ofthe sheet bunched whereby said periph- 20 10 handle formed by twisting the center porery constitutes a brushing element.

tion of the sheet, the outer portion of the V RALPH M. KEELE. 

